Brief Counseling That Works: A Solution-Focused Approach for School Counselors and Administrators
By combining step-by-step instructions with vivid case examples, the author provides the necessary tools to easily and quickly implement this powerful counseling method.
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"This book will aid adults who seek to be more effective in their interactions with youth, but even more important, it offers a framework to help school personnel reconnect to the values and purposes that brought them into education and keep their interactions with children consistently grounded in their best intentions."William Madsen, Training CoordinatorFamily Institute of Cambridge "What you are about to read represents an ingenious application of narrative ideas to work in schools. While many people use these ideas, this book develops them in novel and interesting ways. This is some of the most creative and exciting work I have seen in this field."Jeffrey Zimmerman, DirectorBay Area Family Therapy Training Associates Reduce discipline problems, improve relationships, and help students achieve their goals! With caseloads often exceeding 500 students, counselors cannot afford to spend countless hours on traditional approaches to individual problems. Solution-Focused Brief Counseling (SFBC) offers counselors an effective approach that leads to rapid, observable change in students. Brief Counseling That Works, Second Edition, combines step-by-step instructions with vivid case examples to provide a comprehensive and practical overview of the fundamental principles of SFBC. Author Gerald B. Sklare has extensively revised this second edition to include new adaptations of solution-focused methods, more opportunities to practice the SFBC model, and an expanded discussion of ways school administrators can use SFBC.This concise guidebook contains many valuable tools, including: Reproducible materials for use with Solution-Focused Guided ImageryShort case studies and session transcripts to illustrate what SFBC looks like in practiceGuidelines for using solution-focused methods with referred discipline casesPractice exercises to help readers apply the techniquesSample forms to use in SFBC This essential resource for counselors will also be helpful to teachers and school administrators who advise elementary and secondary students, as well as psychologists and social workers who work with youth both in and out of the school setting.
1Counseling in schools : problems and solutions12Setting goals193Discovering and constructing solutions414Connecting the pieces635Conducting subsequent sessions856Working with reluctant and mandated students977Expanding solution-focused concepts109App. ACounseling session with Kasey : a practice exercise131App. BSolution-focused guided imagery activity147
\ Patrick AkosI am big fan of Brief Counseling That Works as a useful text and could rave about aspects of it. In brief, Sklare presents a practical, culturally relevant way for school counselors to work with large caseloads.\ \ \ \ \ Mary Ann Sweet"Brief Counseling That Works is one of the best books in the field of education that I have ever read. I am recommending it to anyone who works with kids."\ \ \ Pauline ScharaBrief Counseling That Works is easy to pick up as a practitioner, understand, and implement. It is written in layman’s terms and with lots of examples that clarify any questions the reader might have.\ \ \ \ \ Samuel GladdingThis text is engaging and offers the reader immediate and useful tools for bringing out the best in kids and helping them change.\ \ \ \ \ Russell SabellaIn this new edition, Sklare follows his own advice by focusing on adding more of what is valuable and helpful. This book is filled with clear examples, practical tips, and wisdom that comes from years of experience.\ \ \ \ \ William Madsen“This book aids adults who seek to be more effective in their interactions with youth. More importantly, it offers a framework to help school personnel reconnect to the values and purposes that brought them into education and keep their interactions with children consistently grounded in the best intentions.”\ \ \ \ \ Jeffrey Zimmerman“What you are about to read represents an ingenious application of narrative ideas to work in schools. While many people use these ideas, this book develops them in novel and interesting ways. This is some of the most creative and exciting work I have seen in this field.”\ \ \ \ \ Nurturing Potential"...here are an impressive range of interventions which, skillfully employed, will challenge young people to think differently about their perceptions...(with) practical examples of how the techniques work, using real life case studies."\ \ \ \ \ Education Review" . . . a wonderful guidebook with a comprehensive look at Solution-Focused Brief Counseling (SFBC) that is practical for use in and out of the school setting. This short but concise book also offers many useful tools like reproducible materials and sample forms, (with) vivid case studies that help to illustrate the point of each step in SFBC, and exercises to practice the steps. All in all I would highly recommend this book to school counselors, administrators and anyone else who would benefit from the brief counseling methodology."\ \
